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West Lancashire

Shows the general election results for West Lancashire, which is a constituency in Lancashire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 73,257 and a turnout of 74.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Rosie Cooper
Majority
11,689
Electorate
73,257
Turnout
74.2%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 58.9%
Con 37.4%
LD 2.0%
Green 1.3%
War Veteran's Pro-Traditional Family Party 0.5%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Rosie Cooper  Lab 32,030 58.9 9.6
Sam Currie  Con 20,341 37.4 5.0
Jo Barton * LD 1,069 2.0 -0.6
Nate Higgins * Green 680 1.3 -1.9
David Braid * War Veteran's Pro-Traditional Family Party 269 0.5 0.2
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con LD Green War Veteran's Pro-Traditional Family Party UKIP Clause 28 Oth
2005 48.1% 34.0% 14.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 0.0% 1.9%
2010 45.1% 36.2% 13.6% 1.0% 0.0% 3.7% 0.4% 0.0%
2015 49.3% 32.4% 2.6% 3.2% 0.3% 12.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 58.9% 37.4% 2.0% 1.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
350 West Lancashire 21.5%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
236 West Lancashire 58.9%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
73 West Lancashire 74.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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